Skilled Migration and Business Networks

Open Economies Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-588

  Docquier, Frédéric ^a,b   Lodigiani, Elisabetta ^b,c  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Diaspora; FDI; Migration; Network

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; BUSINESS; CAPITAL FLOW; DIASPORA; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 77955711448     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-008-9102-8     Document Type: Article

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